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FLOSS Weekly

It"s the OG podcast about Free, Libre, and Open Source Software, FLOSS Weekly! Join us each Wednesday as Jonathan Bennett and the posse of Co-hosts interview big names of Free Software, cover utterly fascinating Open Source Projects you may have never heard of, and cover the news about software you use every day without even realizing it.

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Episode 853 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/29

FLOSS-853 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week Rob joins me and we talk with Cody Zla about the Zen Project. That's the hypervisor that probably runs on some something that you use from day to day. It's not the Linux kernel, it's not KVM, it is its own thing, and it does power a large portion of the cloud. You don't wanna miss it, so stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly episode 853, recorded Tuesday, October the 28th. Hardware addiction. Don't send help. Hey folks, it is time for Floss Weekly. That's the show

01:07:42

FLOSS 853: Hardware Addiction; Don't Send Help

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/29

This week Jonathan and Rob chat with Cody Zuschlag about the Xen project! It's the hypervisor that runs almost everywhere. Why is it showing up in IoT devices and automotive? And what's coming next for the project? Watch to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account! Theme music: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod

Episode 852 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/22

FLOSS-852 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week I chat with Robert Wolf from Dev Eco. We talk about, well, discord and what it's like to build open source communities there and other places. We talk about the job market, what's going on with ai and how it has an impact on open source developers. We talk about their portal network. Lots of other stuff. You don't wanna miss it. So stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly, episode 852. Recorded Tuesday, October 21st, sir, this is a Wendy's, it's Time for Floss

01:12:52

FLOSS 852: Sir, This is a Wendy's

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/22

This week Jonathan talks to Robert Wolff about DevEco! How did this developer group come to be, and what is its purpose? What are the lessons learned about building communities and working with others? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account! Theme music: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Episode 851 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/16

FLOSS-851 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week I chat with James Cole about Firefly three. It is a personal finance solution that lets you track your money, see where things are going, and coming from lots more. You don't wanna miss it. So stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly, episode 851, recorded Tuesday, October the 14th. Buckets of money. It's time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about Free Libre and open source software. I'm your host, Jonathan Bennett, and today we're going to talk about money and

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FLOSS 851: Buckets of Money

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/15

This week Jonathan talks to James Cole about Firefly III, the personal finance manager! This one itches James' own itch, but brings a great visualization and management tools for your personal finances! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account! Theme music: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under

Episode 850 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/08

FLOSS-850 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week Aaron Newcomb joins me and we talk with Pi Finn Lazen about one Rom. It is a ROM replacement open source project for basically anything based on the 65 0 2. So we're talking Commodore 64, even the Commodore Pet, other systems from that era. We ask a lot of well, I ask a lot of dumb questions and Aaron asks a lot of really good questions, and we get to learn all about the project. You don't wanna miss it, so stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly, episode 850,

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FLOSS 850: One Rom To Rule Them All

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/08

This week Jonathan and Aaron chat with Piers Finlayson about One ROM! Why does the retro-computing world need a solution for replacement ROMs? How difficult was it to squeeze a MCU and layout into the original ROM footprint? And what's next for the project? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account

Episode 848 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/01

FLOSS-848 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week Rob joins me again and we talk with Palis Chazen about the Open Home Foundation. That's Home Assistant ESP, home and Music Assistant, and it's all about an open source, smart home. You don't wanna miss it, so stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly, episode 848, recorded Tuesday, September 23rd. Open the Pod Bay doors. Siri, it's time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about Free Libre and open source software. I'm your host, Jonathan Bennett, and today we're getting

Episode 849 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/01

FLOSS-849 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week Brandon and TC joined me and we talk about ved. It is open source, it's peer to peer. It's an application framework. It's roughly inspired by tour and some other things to be able to move bits privately from one place to another, and then Veli Chat, the chat application built on top of it. It's really interesting. You don't wanna miss it. So stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly, episode 849, recorded Tuesday, September the 30th. Veed be a break. It's time for

01:12:57

FLOSS 849: Veilid: Be a Brick

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/10/01

This week Jonathan talks with Brandon and TC about Veilid, the peer-to-peer networking framework that takes inspiration from Tor, and VeilidChat, the encrypted messenger built on top of it. What was the inspiration? How does it work, and what can you do with it? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon

01:11:15

FLOSS 848: Open the Podbay Doors, Siri

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/09/24

This week Jonathan and and Rob chat with Paulus Schoutsen about Home Assistant, ESPHome, and Music Assistant, all under the umbrella of the Open Home Foundation. Watch to see Paulus convince Rob and Jonathan that they need to step up their home automation games! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account! Theme music:

Episode 847 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/09/17

FLOSS-847 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week Rob joins me and we talk with Tom Herbert about XDP two. It's a framework and a compiler for making networking really, really fast. You don't want to miss it, so stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly, episode 847, recorded Tuesday, September the 16th. This is networking. It's time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about Free Libre and open source software. I'm your host, Jonathan Bennett, and today we're gonna talk networking and data, fast data, probably smart

01:19:30

FLOSS 847: This Is Networking

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/09/17

This week Jonathan and and Rob chat with Tom Herbert about XDP2! It's the brand new framework for making Networking really fast, making parsers really simple, and making hardware network acceleration actually useful with Linux. You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account! Theme music: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod

Episode 846 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/09/10

FLOSS-846 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week Dan joins me and we talk with Frank Vasquez and Chris Simmons to talk about embedded Linux. It's a topic that's changed a lot since I first got my start. 64 meg used to be enough for anybody, but now probably a couple of gigs of memory you need. It's a lot of fun. You don't wanna miss it. This is Floss Weekly, episode 846, recorded Tuesday, September the ninth. Mastering Embedded Linux programming. It is Time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about Free Libre

01:14:54

FLOSS 846: Mastering Embedded Linux Programming

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/09/10

This week Jonathan and and Dan chat with Frank Vasquez and Chris Simmonds about Embedded Linux, and the 4th edition of the Mastering Embedded Linux Programming book. How has this space changed in the last 20 years, and what's the latest in Embedded Linux? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account

Episode 845 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/09/03

FLOSS-845 Jonathan: Hey folks. This week Randall joins me and we check in on a few things across the open source landscape, C Flutter, and Dart, and why its death has been greatly exaggerated. What's up with Google and Gemini and programming and ai, lots of other stuff. Why AI makes sense as a junior developer and an interesting question. How do we get senior developers if AI is taking all the junior developer jobs? Super interesting. You don't wanna miss it, so stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly,

01:11:36

FLOSS 845: The Sticky Spaghetti Gauge

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/09/03

This week Jonathan and Randal talk Flutter and Dart! Is Google killing Flutter? What's the challenge Randal sees in training new senior developers, and what's the solution? Listen to find out! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account! Theme music: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative

Episode 844 transcript

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/08/27

FLOSS-844 Jonathan: Hey folks, this week, doc and Aaron joined me and we talk about open source ai, where we're at in the bubble, how to do personal ai and what it means for advertising, all sorts of other stuff. It's a lot of fun. You don't wanna miss it, so stay tuned. This is Floss Weekly, episode 844, recorded Tuesday, August the 26th. Simulated word of mouth. It is Time for Floss Weekly. That's the show about Free Libre and open source software. I'm your host, Jonathan Bennett, and today we've

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FLOSS 844: Simulated Word-of-Mouth

FLOSS Weekly ·

2025/08/27

This week Jonathan, Doc, and Aaron chat about Open Source AI, advertisements, and where we're at in the bubble roller coaster! You can join the conversation in the Hackaday Discord, watch live or get the video version of the show on Youtube, as well as getting the full story and show links from Hackaday. Oh, and follow the official Mastadon account! Theme music: "Newer Wave" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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